Her balanced, craving-loving take on cooking and life is actually keeping her healthier and happier than ever. In fact, when a skeptical writer for Marie-Claire tried her method of eating what you want, when you want it, she actually managed to lose weight— all while eating much tastier foods.

She’s onto something — America’s got it wrong with trying to put limitations and rules on eating. The science is in: Deprivation diets don’t work, and they actually only serve to make your health (and your self-esteem) worse in the long run.

Teigen is doing her daughter a huge service by not making her think she has to diet — just another reason we’re so jealous Luna gets to have Chrissy as a mom!

Teigen recently teamed up with McDonald’s to announce their Global McDelivery partnership with UberEats. She’s feeding it to her daughter and she’s delivering it to firemen. She’s got us all asking: What’s so wrong about eating fast food?

She’s a wholehearted believer in honest, authentically good food — food that doesn’t rely on Instagram or flashy plating to make its point. “Now everyone feels like they need a gimmick, and you really don’t —just make good, hearty beautiful food.”

4. She got herself blocked by Donald Trump on Twitter.

Girl’s got opinions, and she’s not afraid to offer them. On July 23, Trump tweeted, “It's very sad that Republicans, even some that were carried over the line on my back, do very little to protect their President,” and Teigen responded simply, “Lolllllll no one likes you.”